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Why many are secular surprises me

founder effect
noun Biology
the reduced genetic diversity that results when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors.

The vast majority of Jews in 1890 were in Imperial Russia suffering at the hands of the anti-semitic Czar.
The Rabbeim said at the time that it would be better to stay than go to the Golden Medina and assimilate.
The most pious stayed while the most predisposed to assimilation , apostasy and secularism became the core of American Jewry.
Unfortunately the pious ones then perished by the Nazis. The surviving minority is now the core of American orthodoxy

secularism ...
n.
Religious skepticism or indifference.
The view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education.

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Definitions of secular on the Web:

of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
worldly: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; “worldly goods and advancement”; “temporal possessions of the church”
profane: not concerned with or devoted to religion; “sacred and profane music”; “secular drama”; “secular architecture”, “children being brought up in an entirely profane environment”
of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows; “the secular clergy”
layman: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
laic: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; “set his collar in laic rather than clerical position”; “the lay ministr

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the above are the meanings I was suggesting ...

the thing about discussion often is the things said may not be what the hearer hears (yes I realize we are writing) but the principle stands I think.

Thank you for your comments. I appreciate them.

God’s hand is seen in the current ‘alyiah’ of Jews returning to Israel. His hand was in the scattering too. His Will ...Will be. Of that we can be certain. How? is a bit of a question as is ‘when?. His Word is vague on timing, it could be tomorrow or many years from now.